Investing in Skills for Domestic Employment or Migration? Observations from the Pacific Region Read more about Investing in Skills for Domestic Employment or Migration? Observations from the Pacific Region This presentation provides an overview of the Pacific Region. It enumerates the challenges for skills development as outlined in the Pacific Education Development Framework 2009-2015. The impacts of migration on small island countries are also discussed.
Skills Development for Migration: Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh Read more about Skills Development for Migration: Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh This presentation provides an overview of Bangladesh, focusing particularly on employment and migration. The need to skill migrants, situation of technical and vocational education and training, migration skills training, and the migration process in the country are explained. It also includes recommendations on how to advance skills development for migration.
ICT for Skills and Development: Building for the Future Read more about ICT for Skills and Development: Building for the Future This presentation identifies a few global trends with respect to ICTs. It also suggests ways on how countries and institutions could respond to ensure skills are developed to take advantage of these trends. The Commonwealth of Learning’s focus on Learning for Development is shared.
The Skills Development Reform Roadmap in ADB Developing Member Countries Read more about The Skills Development Reform Roadmap in ADB Developing Member Countries Skills development is important for ADB. ADB’s portfolio, including its approach to skills development or technical and vocational education and training projects, is discussed in this presentation. It also explains how a skills ecosystem is built and the key policy strands towards an integrated approach to skills development.
Skills Development in Time of Continuing Job Crisis: World of Work Report 2012 and Other Reports and Implications for Effective Skills Strategies Read more about Skills Development in Time of Continuing Job Crisis: World of Work Report 2012 and Other Reports and Implications for Effective Skills Strategies This presentation shares findings of the International Labour Organization’s World of Work Report 2012. An overview of the global youth employment situation is provided. It also discusses how to link skills development with decent work, and how the G20 group of countries’ training serves as a building block for formulating effective strategies.
Brajesh Panth Keywords skills forum skills development education adb education sector Read more about Brajesh Panth Brajesh Panth is the Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank(ADB). He provides technical leadership to the education sector group (EdSG) in ADB, leads the preparation of the Ed SG work plan, and facilitates collaboration across the sector and thematic groups in ADB and with external partners.
Kenneth King Keywords education skills development Read more about Kenneth King Kenneth King is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education and of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. He was the Director of the Centre of African Studies and Professor of International and Comparative Education until September 2005.
2nd International Skills Forum: Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific Read more about 2nd International Skills Forum: Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific Skills development is vital to developing Asian countries’ economic growth. Know about new approaches to skills development from this forum.
Innovation in Skill Development in Secondary Education: Issues and Constraints Read more about Innovation in Skill Development in Secondary Education: Issues and Constraints There is a need to address skill shortages and improve the environment for skills development in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). Although technical vocational education and training (TVET) is increasingly seen as an important issue by DMCs, the use of secondary education sector in TVET delivery, however, requires careful thought.
Policy Cases of Skills Development in Korea: Industry-Academia Partnership Read more about Policy Cases of Skills Development in Korea: Industry-Academia Partnership This presentation introduces the concept of industry-academia partnership (IAP). Sample cases of IAPs in the Republic of Korea, particularly those developed by Meister High School, and the skills development of vocational colleges and universities through the Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation, are examined. Recommendations to further advance IAPs are provided.